Moistener.



WfHOLT.

MOISTENER.

, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1913.

1,099,979, Patented June 16, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPH cO.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

WILLIAM HOLT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOISTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une'16, 1914.

Application filed March 17, 191 3. Serial No. 754,667.

I '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOLT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Moisteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in moisteners such as are used for moistening stamps, envelope, labels, etc., and which are also useful for tellers, cashiers and others in the handling of currency and other paper bills or notes, and is an improvement upon the moistener shown and described in the patent issued to me on November 22, 1904:, numbered 775,299.

An object of the invention is to provide a moistener of the type above indicated which is cheap to manufacture, is of strong and durable construction, which affords a suitable support for the cover, which provides a relatively large surface of perforat-ed metal cover or top, and which is so arranged that the cover or top will conduct any excess water back into the water vessel and prevent water dripping onto the desk.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvement in the parts and devices and in the novel combinations of the parts and devices herein shown, described or claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of moistener embodying my improvements, a partof the perforated top or cover being omitted to more clearly show the parts. Fig. is a vertical sectional View taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a modified form of the improvement.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, the vessel 10 is shown as of cylindrical formation open at its top and provided with an internal supporting ledge 11 below the top edge 12 of the side wall, the vessel being of larger diameter above the supporting ledge than below the same. Fitting within the upper portion of the water vessel and supported on the ledge 11, is a table 13 having an an nular depending flange 14 resting on the ledge 11, the table 13 being provided on diametrically opposite sides thereof with a pair of slots or perforations 15 through which extend depending portions 16 of a piece of felt or other suitable material 17, adapted to conduct water by capillary attraction, the main portion of the felt being supported by the table 13, it being under stood that in use, the water vessel will be partly filled with water into which the portions 16 dip. On top of the felt 17 is placed a perforated cover or top 18, the same having a depending annular flange 19 snugly fitting the exterior of the depending flange 14 of the table, said flange 19 of the cover extending within the upper enlarged portion of the water vessel 10.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the table 13 is firmly supported by the ledge 11 and is therefore free from danger of tipping, and on account of the depending flange 19 of the cover extending within the water vessel, any excess water or moisture which may be carried to the edge of the cover while the moistener is being used, will flow back to the interior of the water vessel, thereby preventing any water from dripping onto the desk as would otherwise occur should the cover extend beyond the outer surface of the water vessel. It will also be noted that the area of the perforated surface is practically as great as the cross sectional area of the water vessel itself, thus providing a maximum amount of surface for the size of vessel.

In Fig. 3 the water vessel 10 is shown as rectangular in plan view and the cover or top 18, as well as the piece of felt 17 and table 13 will also be of rectangular formation to correspond with the water vessel.

I claim 1. A moistener including, in combination: a water vessel having an open top and provided with a supporting ledge; a table having a depending flange adapted to sit on said ledge, said table having slot-s therein; a perforated cover of substantially the same cross sectional area as that of the vessel whereby to provide a maximum moistening surface; and a piece of felt interposed between the table and the cover, the felt having depending portions extending through the slots in the table into the lower partof the water vessel, substantially as specified.

2. A moistener including, in combination: a water vessel having an internal supporting ledge below its upper edge; a table having a depending flange fitting within the upper portion of the water vessel and seated on said ledge; a perforated cover having a depending fiange positioned between the depending flange of the table and the portion of the water vessel above said ledge whereby any excess water on the perforated cover is conducted back to the interior of the vessel and prevented from dripping down the outside thereof; and a pad interposed between the cover and the table and supported by the latter, said pad having portions there: of extending down into the lower part of the water vessel substantially as specified.

3. A lnoistener including, in combination: a Water vessel circular in cross section having an internal annular ledge located below the top edge thereof; a table having a depending circular flange loosely fitting within the upper portion of the Water vessel and supported on said ledge; a pad extending over the top of said table and supported thereby, said pad having portions extended down into the lower part of the Water vessel; and a perforated cover having an annular depending flange fitting over the depending flange of the table and positioned within the upper portion of the water vessel, the perforated cover being of substantially the same cross sectional area as that of the vessel, substantially as specified.

' Signed by me this 14th day of March, 1913, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM H OLT.

V itnesses C. R. Ancnnonn, E. P. Bonn.

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' Washington, D. G. 

